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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/24/2021 11:27 PM, Will Martin
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The term “a couple” is two. It doesn’t sound as precise as two,
but it really is two.</blockquote>
<p><i>Couple</i> means two, but if it turns out to be one or three,
you weren't incorrect. <i>Pair</i> and <i>brace</i> (archaic)
both mean exactly two.<br>
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<div class="">“several” is three or four. Two is already covered
by "a couple", and and five is covered by “a handful”.</div>
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<p>In no way do I associate five with a <i>handful.</i> I've never
heard anyone say that. To me, a <i>handful</i> is even more vague
than <i>several.</i><br>
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cite="mid:50869D93-D008-4821-AD0F-EA29B0DA89C5@mac.com">So, I read
{puS} as “3-5”.</blockquote>
<p>I read <b>puS</b> as<i> significantly smaller than average.</i>
If I've got an army of a five thousand soldiers, and yours is only
six hundred soldiers, your soldiers are <b>puS.</b><br>
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